Head to head

GrowSocialelion vs Hopper HQ

GrowSocialelion

GrowSocialelion is an open-source AI social media manager: the agent drafts, schedules and engages behind per-action approval gates, free to self-host under the AGPL-3.0.

8 channels · plans: Self-hosted, Hosted

Hopper HQ

Hopper HQ publishes to 7 of the 31 channels in this comparison set, with plans from $6/mo.

7 channels · plans: Grow (Monthly), Grow (Annual), Scale (Monthly), Scale (Annual)

Pricing and plans

What each side charges

GrowSocialelion

Self-hosted$0

HostedLaunching

Hopper HQ

Grow (Monthly)$6/mo

Grow (Annual)$5/mo

Scale (Monthly)$12/mo

Scale (Annual)$10/mo

Channels

Where each one publishes

GrowSocialelion

Bluesky
Dev.to
Lemmy
Mastodon
Nostr
Telegram
Tumblr
X
Discord
Dribbble
Facebook Pages
Farcaster
Google My Business
Hashnode
Instagram
Kick
LinkedIn
Listmonk
Medium
MeWe
Moltbook
Pinterest
Reddit
Skool
Slack
Threads
TikTok
Twitch
VK
Whop
WordPress
YouTube

Hopper HQ

Facebook Pages
Instagram
LinkedIn
Pinterest
TikTok
X
YouTube
Bluesky
Dev.to
Discord
Dribbble
Farcaster
Google My Business
Hashnode
Kick
Lemmy
Listmonk
Mastodon
Medium
MeWe
Moltbook
Nostr
Reddit
Skool
Slack
Telegram
Threads
Twitch
VK
Whop
WordPress

We build GrowSocialelion, so read every table here knowing that. Channel support and plan prices were compiled from public listings and vendor pages on 2026-08-27; a tool's own site always wins over this page. GrowSocialelion's own column is generated from its live platform catalog, so it cannot claim a network the app does not publish to.

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